The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-06

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lo'eu 90 ND not. within the brler space
tnein .4o,,co have attained her preSehS
oouossal stature. The acq &c ra-
accession of boundiess "eai'n 60 oon.
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for +hat coveted place IN the ill., on.
taor+s IF men, which alone collS'A." tho
-, and true greatness. III A"N
800 Of the world shows that tne 49,. &c
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NJ tho opportunities OF thelr Po'
sassor thew alone are not glory hoi
necessary ingredient thereof
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800 satisfaction which springs ~ ~, !,
tho marshaling OF staunch columns 80 IA
al the precision OF military ar'. a.
ooninned with every device ~ t.;,,e
9 4Ir;,o+ion kindIe enthusiasm anu S'i
e torror The shouts OF solulelS az
s lol, from armored ships, ana al H>->.-~~
o00 N 49, e ., ,-:,Irfy We, in common
: N1rh' our feIow-countrymen, paid our an
{ nual tribute of respect and acknowledged
:, our debt of gratitude to the brave men VIII,
- within the present generation endured tn,
70 shock of battle and the test of the march
-" the watch and the assault that our fas
might ever float as the ensign of a united
people, it is not unbetitting that we should
: again. in our hours of jubilation, speal
= their worth and praise. Nor of those alone
. let our words recall the glory There are
others who planted the germs of our insti
buttons in a savage wilderness, whose adj
vance landed at Plymouth, and who with
| StdCkcu anu IOdu6U dTHlSy uIlO0F eyes Oh
yigilant sentinels, asked the blessing OF
> heaven upon their work and their sacrifices
After five generations of discipline and
preparation, when the spirit of the fore
fathers had become the life and fiber of the
people, they called the world and God to
witness that the United States of America
were and of right ought to be free and in
dependent, and to support this declaration
they pledged their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honor,
1.-THE embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world"
Their sufferings, their courage and their
triumph have made this day glorious, and
they are never to be forgotten Others
there were who a generation later were
willing to face wars dread alarms in honor
of the nation founded by their fathers
Omitting that other war which, genera
ton still later, was carried on from more
questionable motives, but in which Just the
same, the ValOr of our soldiery was dis
played and the prestige of the flag main
! tanned, we come to the last grand display
OF military greatness, when the chant of
battle was, Christ died to make men bet
ter; let us die to make them free" The
have passed into history too recently to be
here rehearsed; they have become a part
of the priceless heritage of those who shall
! come after us.
But when al this is said and sung, are
we content to rest our claim for our coun-
| try's greatness upon these thingsY To our
/ gazing eyes, as we look over the sea. is
! there not some other eminence rising from
| the watery plain and piercing still farther
the azure dome on whose brow the morn
ing's beam shall earlier kindle the dav and
| the twilight later linger? Our armies are
! dispersed and our ships are decayed. But
is our glory dimmed? Does the heart less |
joyoue.y hail this auspiclous day, annual
y set apart for national review and revival |
of memories of the past?
1t is not easy perhaps, to express in a |
single word> that something which is the
fundamental principle of the Government |
of the United States, and which is at once
the security for its internal prosperity, it's
external safety and the source Of it's true
glory. 1t springs from innate intelligence.
quickened by education and exalted by re-
llgion 1t inspired the practical declara-
ton that all men are by nature endowed
with certain inalienable rights, among
which (not all of which) are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, and to secure
and protect these, governments are insti-
tuted Solomon strove to put the idea into
an epigrammatic parallelism when he said
g righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin
is a reproach to any people'-righteous
ness meaning neither piety, nor dogma,
nor any form or expression of worship,
but right doing and just conduct, because
right and just.
When England restored to Kamehameha
III. the sovereignty of these Islands,
which had been temporarily coded as an
evidence of his desire to be just as well as
of his belief that England would deal
justly with him, he used the memorable
words, ''Ua mau Ike ae ka Alma ka
Pono' the life of the land is to be right
These words have since been the motto of
this Kingdom, and l know of none that
more concisely express tlfe idea.
1t would be too much to say that every /
act of the Government of the United States ;
has been conceived or executed with due ;
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